Iran

Volunteers arrested for rescuing refugees in Greece and a young Iranian woman rights activist sentenced to 10 years in jail are among those to receive support. 

Iran is now holding more women in connection with their journalistic activities than any other country in the world, say Reporters Without Borders, the NGO specialising in media freedom.

The statement describes a USA-Iran war as an unmitigated disaster as well as morally and religiously indefensible.

As almost no advertising revenue is available from a fledgling private sector independent of the government, this advertising ban poses a grave threat to the media group’s economic viability.